United Nations official languages

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official status set of languages

The United Nations official languages are the six primary languages—Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish—used for its meetings, documents, and diplomatic communications.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
United Nations official languages canonical 33
United Nations official languages (for documentation and interpretation) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf official status ⓘ
set of languages ⓘ
appliesIn all six official UN headquarters and duty stations ⓘ
appliesTo United Nations documentation ⓘ
surface form: United Nations diplomatic communications

United Nations meetings ⓘ
United Nations official documents ⓘ
distinguishedFrom national official languages of member states ⓘ
ensures equal authenticity of UN texts in six languages ⓘ
governingBody Department for General Assembly and Conference Management ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
hasCommunicationMedium UN multilingual website content ⓘ
UN official social media accounts in six languages ⓘ
hasLegalBasisIn UN Secretariat administrative issuances ⓘ
rules of procedure of the UN General Assembly ⓘ
rules of procedure of the UN Security Council ⓘ
hasPolicyObjective parity of use among the six languages ⓘ
hasWorkingLanguageSubset English ⓘ
French ⓘ
includes Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian language ⓘ
surface form: Russian

Spanish ⓘ
monitoredBy United Nations General Assembly committees ⓘ
surface form: United Nations General Assembly Committee on Information
numberOfItems 6 ⓘ
officialLanguageOf International Court of Justice ⓘ
United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
promotedBy UN Department of Global Communications ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Department of Global Communications
relatedConcept UN multilingualism policy ⓘ
UN working languages ⓘ
requires interpretation services ⓘ
terminology management in six languages ⓘ
translation services ⓘ
statusGrantedBy United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
supportsGoal linguistic equality among member states ⓘ
multilingualism in international diplomacy ⓘ
usedBy United Nations ⓘ
usedFor multilingual record-keeping ⓘ
official press releases ⓘ
simultaneous interpretation in UN meetings ⓘ
translation of UN official documents ⓘ
treaties and conventions texts ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UN transport conventions → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
WHO regional office network → usesLanguage → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Working Group on Amendments → languageOfWork → United Nations official languages ⓘ
New York Working Group → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities → languageOfWork → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Animals Committee → languageOfWork → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Finance Committee → worksInLanguage → United Nations official languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Finance Committee (International Seabed Authority)
CLCS → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Marrakesh Accords → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
COP → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change → languageOfWork → United Nations official languages ⓘ
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
COP24 → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
ILC → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
subject surface form: International Labour Conference
diplomatic conference of the Universal Postal Union → languageOfWork → United Nations official languages ⓘ
New York Working Group of the Assembly of States Parties → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Views on individual communications → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders (resolution 5/2) → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
General Comment No. 2 on the implementation of article 2 of the Convention → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Resolution RC/Res.1 → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
IPCC Plenary → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues → usesOfficialLanguages → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention → languageOfWork → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Plenary of member states → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations official languages (for documentation and interpretation)
Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety → language → United Nations official languages ⓘ
Working Group B → languageOfWork → United Nations official languages ⓘ
OPIC → languageOfAdoption → United Nations official languages ⓘ